Carrianne Dillon
Word of the Week: Spumescent
Stuart Henry wrote a piece for the September 15th 1915 publication of Greenwich Village titled "Madame Bernheardt: A Visit to Her Home in...
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Welcome to the blog!
Here you'll find a variety of posts; in both content and style! Anything goes, from listicles to rants, and short think-pieces to informal essays. Sometimes I want to talk about a small section of a book/film/TV show, sometimes I want to respond to someone else's journal/essay, and occasionally I'll get caught up in a 'big idea' style conversation. Ultimately, I just want to talk about the things I like! If you find it enjoyable, informative, and/or useful, then all the better.
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Carrianne Dillon
Jan 6, 20201 min read
Word of the Week: Jehu
Okay, so there's a historical/religious definition that is a proper noun, and a casual derivation that is a regular noun. Jehu-the-man...
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Carrianne Dillon
Dec 30, 20191 min read
Word of the Week: Schadenfreude
Happy New Year, everybody. –C
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Carrianne Dillon
Dec 23, 20191 min read
Word of the Week: Dérgingolade
It's such a shame that dégringolade is such a fun word to say when it has a rather negative definition! Dégringloade is a noun which...
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Carrianne Dillon
Dec 16, 20191 min read
Word of the Week: Mulct
Mulct is a very strange word to say. Go on, say it out loud a couple of times. Mulct. Mulll-ktt. Bleh. In this case, it's an unpleasant...
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Carrianne Dillon
Dec 9, 20191 min read
Word of the Week: Inveigh
To inveigh is to speak or write about something with great hostility. Back around Black Friday I was near a woman who inveighed against...
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Carrianne Dillon
Dec 2, 20191 min read
Word of the Week: Atrabilious
As the December holidays commence, I hope that neither you nor anyone you know goes around being atrabilious! Atrabilious is an adjective...
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Carrianne Dillon
Nov 25, 20191 min read
Word of the Week: Rhadamanthine
Rhadamanthine is an adjective that refers to stern or inflexible judgement. The other week we looked at the word omphalos, which had...
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Carrianne Dillon
Nov 18, 20191 min read
Word of the Week: Kangaroo Court (It's a phrase this time!)
A kangaroo court refers to a court that either: 1. Ignores the standards of justice and does not carry any official standing in the area...
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Carrianne Dillon
Nov 11, 20191 min read
Word of the Week: Omphalos
In general terms, the omphalos is the center or the hub of everything. An omphalos can be positive or negative, as in the ompahlos of...
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Carrianne Dillon
Nov 4, 20191 min read
Word of the Week: Anfractuous
This is one of my most favorite 'rare' adjectives. Anfractuous is used to describe something that is full of windings and turnings. I...
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Carrianne Dillon
Oct 28, 20191 min read
Word of the Week: Limerence
Of COURSE there's a fancy word for the intensity of an obsessive crush! Coined by Dorothy Tennov in 1979, Limerence is a noun which...
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Carrianne Dillon
Oct 21, 20191 min read
Word of the Week: Inveigle
I have, at times, been accused of inveigling...but I promise it was usually for good things! This week's word is the verb inveigle, which...
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Carrianne Dillon
Oct 14, 20191 min read
Word of the Week: Peregrine
If your first word-association was peregrine falcon, awesome. If your first word-association was Peregrin Took, then even more awesome....
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Carrianne Dillon
Oct 7, 20191 min read
Word of the Week: Antipode(s)
No, not anti-pode, an-TIP-o-dee! Or antipodes, if you prefer. Either way, we're talking about the opposite ends of the earth. Antipode is...
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Carrianne Dillon
Sep 22, 20191 min read
Word of the Week: Foozle
There are some words that put a smile on my face every time I use them. Foozle is one such word because it is simply fun to say. Foozle...
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Carrianne Dillon
Sep 16, 20191 min read
Word of the Week: Catachresis
Catachresis is a noun that means the use of the wrong word for the context or situation. I first encountered this word in high school...
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Carrianne Dillon
Sep 13, 20191 min read
Word of the Week: Pulchritudinous
I wanted to kick off with the word pulchritudinous. I love this adjective because it sounds a bit clunky and awkward (pul-kri-TUDE-in-us)...
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